Did hockey player forge documents for match?

TNN | Updated: Mar 26, 2019, 7:55 IST

MUMBAI: A case of cheating is being probed against a hockey player who is suspected to have forged his Aadhar card and birth certificate to play matches under different names. The accused, Anil Vilas Rathod, played the 9th hockey India junior men’s National Championship 2019 match in Aurangabad in February this year, said a police official.

In a complaint lodged by Mumbai Hockey Association, its secretary, Ram Singh Rathod, has said that Anil Rathod, who played the 9th championship, is the same person who had played the 8th hockey championship under the name of Sunil Vilas Rathod. “Anil was playing for Mumbai Hockey Association. The team left for Aurangabad in mid- February. While reaching there, they found that Anil and Sunil are the same person,” said the complaint lodged at Marine Drive police station.